THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE

Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 20

THE VALUE OF KNOWLEDGE

WHAT ONE FARMER DID. Some farmers of the old school who have won success and a good deal of practical experience profees to despise agricultural eduoatiop for their sons, in spite of the fact that they are well able to pay for it. For the benefit of the above it may be of some use to quote the following illustration of the value of an agricultural college course:— “J. F. Barker, a .graduate of the College of Agriculture of Ohio State University, lives in Meigs County, Ohio. For years tho farmers of his community had been unable to grow clover. While in college he learned about acid soils and the use of lime. In the spring, when he went 'home, he decided to try an experiment on his home farm. Ho {Tjaosd a few bushels of lime on some litter - m the manure-spreader and drove across the field. Where he applied the lime there was an excellent growth of clover in a strip waggon-wide, but there was none elsewhere.’ This little experiment attracted the attention of the neighbours, and a number of them tried 'lime with gratifying results. Now that community is growing clover and x improving its soils, all beoausq one boy went to the College of Agriculture. This- is truly a case where ‘ a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.’ ” —News Letter of the Ohio College of Agriculture.